Accession No
Z 33854.1-2
Description
Root of creeper supposed to have been the hiding place of a devil and pulled up by the medicine man in order to exorcise him.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Siong
Period
19th century
Source
Skeat, Walter William [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 33854.1-2; MAA: Z 33854; Skeat II: 616
Cultural Affliation
Material
Root
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected and donated by Walter William Skeat.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card reads, '[root] dug up at the same time and for the same reason as 615'. Handwritten annotation in black ball point pen reads, 'ie root supposed to have been the hiding place of a devil + pulled up by the medicine man in order to exorcise him.'
Cf. Z 33881.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Typed catalogue card reads, 'Root of creeper'.
Event Date
Author: maa
FM:77813
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